rhodomel
04-27-2009, 07:30 PM
http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/250.html
http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/indtaxstats/article/0,,id=133521,00.html
According to the above fiscal tax report, the top 1 percent of American wage earners paid about 40 percent of all income taxes collected by the US Government (IRS), paying a total of $408,369,000,000 at a tax rate of 34 percent. The top 5 percent of wage earners in the United States paid 60.14 percent of all Income taxes collected by the government, at an average tax rate of 20.68 percent for a total of $615,680,000,000 as a group. The entire top 50 percent of all American wage earners paid 97.01 percent of all income taxes collected by the government, paying a total of $993,176,000,000.
Now get this: The entire bottom 50 percent of American wage earners, only paid 2.99 percent of all income taxes (less than 3 percent) at an average rate of 3.02 percent for a total $30,563,000,000. Counting the cost of running the IRS for an entire year, the U.S. Government would actually accumulate more income, if they did not even bother collecting income taxes from the bottom 50 percent of American wage earners.
On the receiving end, households in the lower quintile of income received roughly $8.21 in federal, state and local government spending (aid of some type) for every dollar of taxes they paid, while households in the middle quintile received $1.30, and households in the top quintile received only $0.41.
http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/indtaxstats/article/0,,id=133521,00.html
According to the above fiscal tax report, the top 1 percent of American wage earners paid about 40 percent of all income taxes collected by the US Government (IRS), paying a total of $408,369,000,000 at a tax rate of 34 percent. The top 5 percent of wage earners in the United States paid 60.14 percent of all Income taxes collected by the government, at an average tax rate of 20.68 percent for a total of $615,680,000,000 as a group. The entire top 50 percent of all American wage earners paid 97.01 percent of all income taxes collected by the government, paying a total of $993,176,000,000.
Now get this: The entire bottom 50 percent of American wage earners, only paid 2.99 percent of all income taxes (less than 3 percent) at an average rate of 3.02 percent for a total $30,563,000,000. Counting the cost of running the IRS for an entire year, the U.S. Government would actually accumulate more income, if they did not even bother collecting income taxes from the bottom 50 percent of American wage earners.
On the receiving end, households in the lower quintile of income received roughly $8.21 in federal, state and local government spending (aid of some type) for every dollar of taxes they paid, while households in the middle quintile received $1.30, and households in the top quintile received only $0.41.